To Get Started

Once installed go to Plugins in the network admin dashboard and Network Activate the Users Widget plugin.

To Use:

Once activated, just go to Appearance > Widgets in the admin area of your site, where you’ll now see the Contact Widget.

Simply drag the widget to an available sidebar and you’ll be presented with several settings.

You can optionally enter a Widget Title.

Enter a Subject label to be used for the email.

Enter a From label to be used for email address the email is sent “from”.

Or you can tick the ‘Use generic “from” address‘ option, which will display a few additional options for the “from” address.

Options available when Enabled.

Enter a Message label for the email.

Enter the text you would like to use for the Send Message button text.

Optionally, you can specify an Admin email. The plugin will use the default admin email otherwise.

Enter a Success message that will be displayed when the user successfully sends a message.

Optionally, you can also add some content to the form by adding content to the Text after the form field.

You can also add your own CSS to style the contact form by entering your code in the Custom CSS field. The plugin uses a class of wp-contact-form for the form. So for example, you could use the following CSS to display input fields in a block format:

wp-contact-form input {display: block;}

CAPTCHA options

Contact Widget provides a feature to include a CAPTCHA form utilizing Google’s free reCAPTCHA service. You’ll need to create a Google account to access their API in order to use this feature. A link is provided to easily set that up.

Ticking the Enable CAPTCHA option will enable the use of the CAPTCHA features.

Enter your Public key.

Enter your Private key.

Optionally, enter a link you’d like displayed for the ‘Refresh CAPTCHA link‘.

Also option, you can enter a message you’d like displayed for the ‘Refresh CAPTCHA message‘. This is the message displayed when a user moves their mouse over the CAPTCHA image.

Tick the Compact mode option to enable a special mode where the form fields are neatly

Press the Save button to ensure your changes are saved.

User Experience

When you view your site you will now see the widget displayed in your sidebar. Here’s an example of how it could look using Twenty Twelve theme.

Here’s how it could look with the Compact mode enabled.

Need help?

We hope you enjoy and get the most out of Users Widget! If you have any questions or concerns about configuration, or have a feature request, please don’t hesitate to head on over to the community forums where staff and other members are standing by to help!